Tish Hinojosa

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Leticia ("Tish") Hinojosa (born December 6, 1955, San Antonio, Texas) is a singer-songwriter, recording in both Spanish and English.

Early life and career

Hinojosa is the youngest of 13 children. Hinojosa's parents were Mexican immigrants.<ref name=SelfBio_THinojosa/> Known for singing both traditional Mexican folksongs and her own original songs, both in Spanish and English, Hinojosa accompanies herself on guitar, which she plays right-handed although she is naturally lefthanded. Influenced by traditional Mexican, folk, Tejano, conjunto, and country musics, Hinojosa considers her music to be music of the US/Mexico border.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Hinojosa has recorded numerous albums and has charted twice on the Billboard country charts.<ref name="whitburn"/> Her 1992 album Culture Swing won the National Association of Independent Record Distributors (NAIRD) Indie Folk Album of the Year.<ref name=TaosNews2021_THinojosa>Template:Cite news</ref>

Using music to bring awareness to cultural issues, Hinojosa hopes to bring into focus the plight of migrant workers and children of the poor.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> She often performs children's music of her culture to help children develop an understanding of the Southwest's Hispanic traditions.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name=TARO_THinojosa/> <ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

In 2003 Hinojosa was convicted of smuggling date rape drugs into the United States and received three years of probation.<ref name="x611">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

As of 2021, Hinojosa lives in both Austin, Texas and Tubac, Arizona. In the 1970s and 1980s she also lived in Taos, New Mexico and Nashville, Tennessee. In 2005, Hinojosa moved to Germany, and in 2013 returned to Austin.<ref name=TaosNews2021_THinojosa/><ref name=TARO_THinojosa/><ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

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Awards and honors

  • White House performance for President Bill and Hillary Clinton<ref name=SelfBio_THinojosa/>
  • NAIRD Indie Folk Album of the Year Culture Swing<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • Las Primera (The Firsts) award from MANA, the largest organization of Latino women
  • Performances at presidential and gubernatorial inauguration events.
  • 1990 Platinum Album "Homeland" S. Korea<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • 2019 Inducted into Texas Institute Of Letters<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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Humanitarian activities

  • Spokesperson, National Latino Children's Agenda
  • Spokesperson, National Assoc. Of Bilingual Education
  • United Farm Workers of America

Discography

Albums

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  • 2018 West, Tish Records<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • 2019 My Homeland, Tish Records<ref name=TaosNews2021_THinojosa/>
  • 2024 With A Guitar & A Pen, Tish Records<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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The Texicana Mamas

  • 2020 The Texicana Mamas, self-released, internet only<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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Singles

Year Single US Country<ref name="whitburn"/> Album
1986 "I'll Pull You Through" (with Craig Dillingham) 80 single only
1989 "Til U Love Me Again" 75 Homeland
1992 "In the Real West" — Culture Swing
1993 "Closer Still" —
"Drifter's Wind" —
1994 "I'm Not Through Loving You Yet" — Destiny's Gate

Music videos

Year Video Director
1992 "In the Real West"
1993 "Drifter's Wind"
1994 "I'm Not Through Loving You Yet" Roger Pistole
  • 2005 - "Kitchen Table"
  • 2005 - "Derechos De El Corazon"

Bibliography

  • Hinojosa, Tish, and Lucia Angela Perez. 2002. Cada Niño = Every Child : A Bilingual Songbook for Kids. El Paso, Tex. : Cinco Puntos Press, 2002.

See also

References

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Further reading and listening

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